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Waltonian, a. and n.|wɒlˈtəʊnɪən| [f. the name of Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler (1653): see -ian.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to Izaak Walton. B. n. A disciple of Walton, an angler.
a1828T. Bewick My Life (1981) xvii. 165 Some regulations should be laid down as a guide to the fair anglers..I think Waltonian societies would be all-sufficient to do this. 1832P. Egan's Bk. Sports 314/2 The Waltonians, the Cottonians, and the Saltonians (for Walton, Cotton, and Salter, are their feat-books). 1837Lockhart Scott xlix. (1845) 432/2 This little group of Waltonians, bound for Lord Somerville's preserve. 1845J. Coulter Adv. Pacific ii. 12 Exhibiting a sized fish that any Waltonian might well stare at. 1866(title) Rules of the true Waltonian Society held at the Crown Tavern, Pentonville Hill. Established 1830. 1908Westm. Gaz. 2 Jan. 12/1 He..is an ardent devotee of the Waltonian art. So ˈWaltonizing vbl. n., angling.
1841J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins I. i. 25 A landing-net, minnow-can, casting-net, and half a hundred more requisites for Waltonizing. 1882H. S. Leigh Strains fr. Strand 1 No sign was near of pebbly brook,..Where patient swains with rod and hook In Waltonising dabble. |